On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Wound Up wrote:


> > What part of hatred didn't you understand? That was the subject under
> > discussion, not intolerance.

> A LOT of people -HATE- gays? Well, not having been the target, I can't
> say how it feels, but a LOT in terms of likening it to the election?
> No, I'm with you; give me some evidence, because that's a very flimsy
> argument.

The difference between hatred and intolerance is *de facto* merely a
question of degree. The UN is expert on this kind of semantic dancing on
the head of a pin; they spend months arguing whether to "firmly reprimand"
or "strongly censure" countries that misbehave.

DS